My best TIP for assembling quilt blocks by Claire Haillot April 4, 2019 written by Claire Haillot April 4, 2019 1.2K I’m so happy to be sharing my best tip on how to assemble a quilt top. If you’ve been following my earlier posts this week, you’ll remember I’m working on my Deep Waters quilt made with the NEW and beautiful Banyan Batiks Color Blocking collection. In the last two posts, I shared how to make the two 15” big blocks with you. Now to the fun part: assembling your quilt top. I know many dread this moment as we typically sew the blocks in rows and then we sew the rows together. Right? Well not for this quilt! Here’s my best tip when making a big block quilt. You don’t need to sew in rows and get all frustrated with long rows to sew together. I’ve been testing this method for a while and really love the ease. You basically take your blocks and sew them in groups to make bigger blocks instead of rows. Let’s start by sewing two blocks together Time to sew up the two quilt blocks together When piecing the two blocks together, ensure that you do not align the blocks where two inside seams would have to align…. This will make you feel frustrated if they don’t… and they don’t have to since you can rotate one of the blocks so that they never touch. So you can focus only on having the inside center strip align. Keep in mind to trim off the edge on the block that will have the seams connecting to the other block. Since we’ve been making this quilt with an excess ⅛” on some strips as seen in my previous posts. Once the two blocks are sewn together, you can trim off the rest of the edges. NO! Don’t match up the inside seams of your border fabric in the blocks. YES! Rotate one block so that inside seams of one block don’t need to match the other block, just the center strip needs to match. Sew all your blocks together. You should only have one block left which would be the center block. This is the one I actually took a different fabric to make the center square (see earlier blog post). Align your center strips as shown in previous blog posts and sew together. Trim after! Now for my best-kept secret to assembling a quilt top Layout of quilt when sewing the blocks together, avoiding to make rows. Now align them as shown in the diagram. You will have 4 sets of four patch alternating with single sets. Sewing in three sections reduces the numbers of rows to quilt Now you can sew them up in three sections. And sew them together leaving you only two big rows to sew together. Assembling the quilt top in sections Hoping you enjoyed learning my best tip for assembling a quilt top. Don’t hesitate to let me know your favorite assembling methods, or, maybe you have some quilting pet peeves? Feel free to share so I can try to address them in a future blog post. Come back tomorrow to see the final steps to finishing the mesmerizing Deep Waters quilt made with Banyan Batiks Color Blocking fabrics. This is part 4 of 5 in this series. Go back to part 3: The best tip for squaring off your quilt blocks! [shareaholic app=”follow_buttons” id=”23735596″] Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs253Banyan BatiksColor Blockingfree patternsquiltstutorials FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Claire Haillot Claire Haillot shares her passion for quilting among her neighbors in the United States and Canada as well as her cousins in France. Claire has been active in the quilting industry since 2004. At first, she opened a quilt shop and started to teach, write how-to guides, and translate patterns and product information into French for American companies. In 2006, she started her own line of patterns and later began publishing patterns and articles in Canadian, European, and American magazines. You might have seen some of her work in Quilter’s World, Pratique du Patchwork or Canadian Quilter. She decided to close her brick & mortar quilt shop in 2016 to be able to concentrate more on teaching, writing, and creating. She collaborated with PlumEasy patterns to launch the Dancing Diamonds and Gem bag patterns. Claire has also won a few awards for her work: • Juror’s choice in Salon 2012 • Second Place in Vermont Quilt Festival of 2014 and 2016 • Second Place in Salon 2016 • Best of show at the Quilt Festival in Chicago and Houston 2018. previous post The best tip for squaring off your quilt blocks! next post In quilting circles, there too, the devil is in the details YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... QUILTsocial Giveaway 288: Jungle Rose 12-Fat Quarter Fabric... Get your Banyan Batiks Baralla, we’re making a... QUILTsocial Giveaway 284: Baralla 12-Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle! 5 tips to create the best ever quilt... The secret to modern quilting using the straight... How a short stitch, in quilting, can save... How to choose a quilt design for fabric... Falling in love with Banyan Batiks Kayana autumn... Banyan Batiks Kayana Autumn fabric steals the fall... 1 comment Anna brown May 4, 2019 - 7:38 pm Tyty for sharing .I do in joy your tips… Reply Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
